VoIP Contract Job Trends in the South West

Voice Over IP (VoIP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring VoIP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 85 130
Rank change year-on-year -36 +45 +32
Contract jobs citing VoIP 9 44 25
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.39% 1.88% 0.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.57% 12.43% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 19 15
10th Percentile £275 £223 £328
25th Percentile £325 £406 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -8.33% -43.75%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £613
90th Percentile £588 £590 £638
England median daily rate £450 £400 £440
% change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
10th Percentile - £69.75 £85.50
25th Percentile - £73.13 £86.25
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile - - £93.75
90th Percentile - - £94.50
England median hourly rate - £75.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +200.00% +12.03%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

VoIP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 252 354 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 11.05% 15.13% 15.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 219 273
10th Percentile £225 £305 £227
25th Percentile £325 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £650
90th Percentile £717 £675 £720
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 19 70
10th Percentile £15.62 £11.75 £45.71
25th Percentile £23.59 £38.13 £48.32
Median hourly rate £56.50 £67.02 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -15.70% +18.64% -13.09%
75th Percentile £64.88 £75.00 £66.18
90th Percentile £66.42 - £76.25
England median hourly rate £31.39 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -35.37% -14.04% +26.38%

VoIP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VoIP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

VoIP job vacancy trend in the South West

VoIP
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing VoIP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing VoIP

VoIP
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VoIP in the South West over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VoIP in the South West

VoIP
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing VoIP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing VoIP

VoIP
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VoIP within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire -10 4 £563 -2.17% 2
Bristol -12 4 £420 -10.92% 3
Dorset +1 1 £205 -8.89% 1
VoIP
England

VoIP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Skype for Business
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (11.11%) Confluence
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (22.22%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
2 1 (11.11%) PaaS
2 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) LAN
1 4 (44.44%) Skype
2 3 (33.33%) DNS
2 3 (33.33%) Unified Communications
2 3 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (22.22%) BGP
3 2 (22.22%) OSPF
3 2 (22.22%) VLAN
3 2 (22.22%) WAN
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (11.11%) DHCP
4 1 (11.11%) Firewall
4 1 (11.11%) PBX
4 1 (11.11%) Spanning Tree
4 1 (11.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) Bitbucket
General
1 6 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Lead
1 2 (22.22%) Lead Test Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Test Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Test Leader
2 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) JFC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
1 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Android
2 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
2 2 (22.22%) Mac OS
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Smoke Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
2 2 (22.22%) Use Case
2 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (11.11%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (11.11%) NsoIT
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Service Design
3 1 (11.11%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) DV Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) CCNP
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
3 2 (22.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) AppManager
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (22.22%) VMware
4 1 (11.11%) Atlassian
4 1 (11.11%) Avaya
4 1 (11.11%) Ericsson
4 1 (11.11%) F5
4 1 (11.11%) Ivanti
4 1 (11.11%) Juniper
4 1 (11.11%) Nokia
4 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto
4 1 (11.11%) Ribbon
4 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow